I was fine moving on after Gearbox. But when my former boss starts mouthing off about various aspects of my employment including “how highly compensated” I was and how “generous” he is, I feel obligated to correct the record.
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I had a lot of mixed feelings when asked to reprise the role of Claptrap late last year and eventually realized I was willing to put differences aside and do something cool for Borderlands fans with my friends at Gearbox.
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I ultimately offered to do it for “free” in exchange for past royalties owed plus an apology for something I’ve never spoken about publicly until now: Randy physically assaulted me in the lobby of the Marriott Marquis at GDC 2017.
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Personally, I think Randy’s been on tilt the last few years. He's not the victim he portrays himself to be. I even blocked him a couple years ago for stalking me on social media. Enough is enough.
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It's nice not feeling the need to spot any sleight of hand these days or wonder if the card was chosen or forced. I'm happy to be free from the half-truths and full-on deceptions. And thankful to no longer hear people referred to as "muggles" like a con-man refers to a "mark".
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As an aside, seems a bit conspicuous that he chimed in on my salary but didn't mention anything about the $12M of revenue he siphoned away from the employee royalty pool. FYI - GBX employees are asked to take lower salaries with the promise of royalty shares.
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2K says they won't give a statement regarding an ongoing lawsuit but if the allegation is false then it sure seems a lot easier to just deny it since that's the only reason they're mentioned. The whole thing stinks.
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Bro they didn't PAY YOU HOLD UP WHAT They DIDN'T PAY YOU, Nah Man You're CLAP TRAP BRO this is crazy.
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I'm so heartbroken to hear this, I'm sorry you had to deal with this...
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Nothing about Randy surprises me, at this point, but I can still be freshly disgusted! I am SO sorry that happened to you. (I also of course feel bad for the Gearbox devs and artists having to weather all this, it really is just such a bad situation, all around.)
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After your stories I won't buy another product Randy Pitchford touches.
Thank you.
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yo david im sorry to say this but this is now common practice in our industry now like ive created 4 small indie games and i wont publish them with these big companies cuz they dont look out for the little guy no matter how big 1 person is the company will do anything they can to
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I gave up on Gearbox after Colonial Marines. Mostly because of Pitchford's overwhelming arrogance.
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